“ Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day 2025 marks the holiday’s 40th observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365,” is challenging in this politically polarized era. With this new presidency, we are called to reaffirm our values and hold them against a hard reality in order to provide a promiseContinue reading “Commemorating the 40th celebration of MLK Jr. Day”
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“LGBTQ+ activists revive Stonewall Democrats after it shut down over a decade ago”
“A new coalition emerges a dozen years after the national group disbanded.” [from the article “LGBTQ+ activists revive Stonewall Democrats after it shut down over a decade ago” in LGBTQ Nation]
I’m never there for them when they go…
[Trigger warnings: death, loss, grief, corpse] One of my earliest clear memories is from when I was six years old and our dog, a rescued mutt, was put down because he was old and, especially, suffering from his illness. I wasn’t actually present, at the vet’s, when they put him down, but I remember knowingContinue reading “I’m never there for them when they go…”
“Black rights are queer rights & queer rights are Black rights”
Some valuable excerpts from the article “Civil rights leader David Johns is fighting to reclaim the future for Black & queer America” in LGBTQ Nation: “ “People forget that democracies have to be defended by each generation and that education is its midwife.” … “Culture wars are manufactured to drive wedges” within coalitions working towardContinue reading ““Black rights are queer rights & queer rights are Black rights””
My first “non-period”!
Today, I’m four weeks out from my double procedure and thus cleared to go back to all my normal activities — YAY! This week I’m also experiencing my first “non-period”, i.e. my first period with no bleeding, as a result of the double procedure I had four weeks ago — double YAY! It will takeContinue reading “My first “non-period”!”
Witch Hunt
This is not about “women’s rights”. This is a witch-hunt. This is yet another move by the patriarchy to use women & trans people, and their bodies, as political tools in battles that have no scientific nor humanitarian basis: – Article in The Guardian: “House Republicans pass bill to ban trans women and girls fromContinue reading “Witch Hunt”
Yet another reason to boycott Amazon & some other big corporations
Personally, I have been boycotting Amazon and some other big corporations for several years now. But in case anyone needed one more reason to do so, this article in LGBTQ Nation provides just that: “ Amazon has joined the slew of companies rolling back its DEI efforts in apparent celebration of Donald Trump’s “anti-woke” agenda.Continue reading “Yet another reason to boycott Amazon & some other big corporations”
2025: My Three New Year’s Resolutions
A couple weeks ago, I stated my #1 New Year’s Resolution for 2025: I’m going to allow myself to be a man — to think of myself, to feel myself, to grow into myself, to express myself as my own version of nonbinary man. So far, I have kept faithful and already been implementing thisContinue reading “2025: My Three New Year’s Resolutions”
Centennial of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the U.S.
In these dark moments, more than ever we need to remember and celebrate the accomplishments and never forget the past, so here’s an excerpt from an article in LGBTQ Nation: “ The centennial celebration of the Society for Human Rights is also the centennial of the official movement for LGBTQ+ equality in the United States. Continue reading “Centennial of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the U.S.”
A new kind of “boys night out”
Last night I went to the movie theatre (for the first time since COVID!) with one of my fellow baritone singers from the gay men’s chorus and his partner (both cis-men) and a cis-woman friend of theirs. After initial introductions and small talk, we went to get drinks & food for the show and whileContinue reading “A new kind of “boys night out””
The Little Prince and the Fox 